Property Valuation More Than Doubled This Year
The valuation of property rose sharply, more than doubling from 796,995 a year ago, indicating a significant uptick in assessed assessments and potential tax implications.
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17 Aug 1919
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1919
Page
1
Majority of Counties Double in Assessments
The Cass county valuations leap under the new tax law. County totals show most counties more than doubling from 1918 figures, with Lake county posting the largest rise from 74 115 150 to 273 526 665, a about 250 percent increase. The state tax board continues sessions and may adjust figures, Cass county not currently slated for change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
State Tax Board
Spencer County
Lake County
Former head of Costa Rica heads to Europe
Federico Tinoco, ex president of Costa Rica, arrives in Kingston en route to Europe aboard the Zacaria. He blames U S inaction for lack of recognition while his brother the minister of war is said to have been killed. Costa Rica faces unrest and stalled investment amid regional turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kingston
Jamaica
Federico Tinoco
Costa Rica
Zacaria
Europe
Joe
United States
Senor Tinoco
Frank Jiminez
France
Nicaragua
Senor Jimilnez
Cork Harbor Island Scene of a Battle
A party fired rifles on Rocky Island in Cork Harbor behind Haulbowline Island. The military replied with machine guns and firing continued for some time. No casualties are known. Rocky Island is the smallest of the three islands in Cork Harbor off Queenstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Queenstown
Rocky Island
Haulbowline Island
Rockeye Island
Near Race Tension Amid Times Square Knife Attack
In New York on August 16 Eli Gregs a Black man narrowly escaped lynching by a crowd of about 2000 after allegedly slashing Joseph Jones a white man. Jones driven to a theatre with a woman was badly injured with critical condition reported. Police restrained the mob with a revolver and Gregs was booked for felonious assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eli Grezs
Times Square
Joseph Jones
Jones
Gregs
Notice to subscribe funds for Gossard factory site
Subscriptions for the H W Gossard factory location fund are due and payable to trustee J F Brookmeyer at Cass County Chamber of Commerce office 318 Pearl Street. All payments must be in full by 6 pm Monday August 18 1919 with no further notices of time and place issued. Committee orders prompt payment as no action can proceed until full cash total is received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gossard Corset Company
Logansport
Kreuzberger
Third and
Market Streets
Gossard Company
H. W. Gossard Company
J. F. Brookmeyer
Cass Conputy Chamber of Commerce
Pearl Street
Cornell Student Held For Murder Of Ithaca Girl
Ithaca Aug 16 Donald W Fether Cornell sophomore and son of a Los Angeles oil promoter was held on first degree murder charges in the disappearance of Hazel Crance 18 who vanished July 19 during a canoe trip on Cayuga Lake. He was arraigned as evidence included garment fragments found by divers seeking the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Ithica, N
Donald W. Fether
Cornell
Los Angeles
Hazel Crance
Ithica
Cayuga Lake
Fether
Justice of the Peace
Jacksonville
Stage Hands and Musicians Join With the Actors
Stage hands and musicians join with actors for a performance of The Fiddle. The combined cast manned the backstage and onstage roles as rehearsals progressed through the week.
May Take Treaty From Committee To Senate Floor
Fragmentary notes indicate the administration may push a treaty from committee to the Senate floor. References to defense and premier efforts suggest amendments are being considered before a vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee
Senate
Republican Opposy Grows Stronger As Treaty Fight Intensifies
Washington Aug 16 The White House aims to move the treaty out of committee and defeat textual amendments while negotiations over final ratification with reservations remain in the background Republican senators report opposition to unreserved ratification is rising and the Shantung provision faces stronger resistance after Tokyo and White House explanations. President’s stance is that textual changes would jeopardizeing the treaty’s terms with Germany without military force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Wilson
Hitchcock
Shantung
Tokio
Germany
Fifteen New York Houses Dare With Curtains Down
On Broadway a wave of walkouts closes fifteen houses as stage hands and musicians join the Actors Equity strike. Federal agents were cited as conciliators, but actors deny seeking federal aid while managers press on with negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Joe Weber
American Federation of Musicians
Charles C. Hay
International Alliance of Theater and Stage Employes
S.co
Actors’ Equity Association
Producing Managers Protective Association
Broadway
Pers
Rialto
Equity
Knickerbocker
Century Theaiers
Cohan and Harry Playhouse
Century Roof Stack
R B. Mahoney
Benjamin Squires
Labor
Wilson
Paul Turner
Actors’ Organization
Enginemen Draft New Wage Demand in Cleveland
In Cleveland on August 16 300 delegates of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen met since Tuesday to discuss a wage committee report calling for higher pay and uniform rules of employment across railroads. They adjourned tonight without adopting the report and will reconvene tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Wage Committee
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood
Warning to Agricultural Committees on Farm Prices and Sowing
The note warns that if house and senate agricultural committees fail to settle disturbed conditions, prices for next year will rise. It says farmers will neither sow nor reap until issues are resolved, signaling economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Carranza orders British envoy to leave Mexico
Washington reports Carranza ordersWilliam Cummings the British legation archivist to depart Mexico City leaving Britain without a diplomatic representative in Mexico. Britain had not recognized the regime and had no minister in Mexico City since Sir Lionel Carden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Mexico
Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Britain
William Cummings
Legation
Mexico City
Lionel Carden
Thomas Hohler
Cummings
D’ Archives
England
France
United States
Mexican Congress
State official to be arrested for misconduct
Philadelphia August 16 A warrant for the arrest of Charles A Ambler former Pennsylvania insurance commissioner charges conspiracy and malfeasance in connection with the North Pennsylvania bank failure The warrant alleges Ambler conspired with bank cashier Ralph T Moyer to misuse state funds and arrange loans to himself and associates including fraudulent certified checks without sufficient funds to cover them
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
District Attorney’s Office
Charlies A. Ambler
Insurance Commissioner
Pennsylvania
North Pennsylvania Bank
Ambler
Insurance
Ralph T. Moyer
Pittsburgh Life Trust Company
North Pennsylvania
Ambier
Moyer
Veteran Civil War veteran recalls Chickamauga tale and his wound
Jacob Miller 81, a Civil War veteran, recounts his Chickamauga wound that has left a skull entry of three quarters of an inch. He describes the battle, his survival, and the moments of being presumed dead as doctors and comrades urged him to surrender. He still carries the lingering injury and shared memories from 1863.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickamauga
Jacob Miller
W. R. Sherman
Melbourne Avenue
Miller
Ninth
Indiana Regiment
John Banta
Naperville
First Division Boys Leave Rhine for Home
The First division of the American army departs the Rhine region after training for Brest. They will vacate the hunting lodge of Bertha Krupp and the palace of the prince of Wied along with several notable castles as they move toward the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
Bertha Krupp
Prince of
Wied
Brest
Rhine
United States
Seizures of Foodstuffs Continue Amid Hoarding Fears
Washington report notes farmers warn that continuing profiteering and strikes threaten next year's prices and production. Hearings before House and Senate agriculture committees seek stronger food control acts to curb hoarding while federal agents extend seizures in multiple cities with warrants and grand juries planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Wilson
Senate
Department of Justice
Congress
Srand
Gernment
St.Louis
Detroit
San’ Diego
Post Office Department
Indias Steps in Fight Against Costs
Indiana moves to lower living costs by enforcing price checks. Federal food admins recall Barnard. Justice dept agents inspect stores to study current pricing relations. Merchants enlisted to reveal profits and price fixing. Local inspectors report waste and profiteering. Fair price lists to be published. The attorney general and DOJ will probe the gathered evidence and file charges as warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Harry E. Barnard
Department of Justice
Food Administration
Ble Stansbury
U.S
L. Ert Slack
Chicago District Men Vote for Strike
At a Chicago district conference of the Allied Steel and Iron Workers 96 percent voted to strike unless higher wages and altered working conditions are granted. The district includes 90 000 workers. the decision will be sent to the national committee meeting in Youngstown Ohio on Aug 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Allied Steel and Iron Workers
National Committee
Youngstown
J. H. de Young
Chicago District Federation
Former Local Man John E. Morrow Dies in Bradford Car Crash
John E. Morrow who ran a Market Street news stand for two years was killed in a Bradford Pennsylvania automobile accident on Friday. His family moved to Bradford months ago. his son Clifford Morrow died in a Detroit airplane crash during the peace celebration. Mrs. William Harris, his mother in law, was severely injured. The funeral will be held Monday in Bradford per a later dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Morrow
Market Street
Bradford
Morrow
Clifford Morrow
Detroit
William Harris
Sylvester Watson
Berkley Street
Mexican Bandits Reported Seven Captured in Mexico
The Associated Press reports from Mexico City on August 16 that seven Mexican bandits were captured in a desert region incident. Details remain sketchy as officials confirm the arrests and ongoing investigations.
New York Subway Strike Threat Looms Across Boroughs
Supreme Court Justice Richard Lydon granted a temporary injunction to restrain Interborough Rapid Transit officials from blocking operations. Union leaders announced a strike would halt most subway and elevated lines in Manhattan, the Bronx, parts of Brooklyn, and Queens at 4 am. Legal action followed by Interborough counsel Burranda as officials faced efforts to render the strike ineffective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Richard Lydon
Brotherhood of Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
Interborough Rapid Transist Company
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queenstown
P. J. Connolly
Brotherhood of Interborough
Rapid Transit Company
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Cork Harbor Island
N. Y
the Associated Press
Baily
Insurance Commissioner OF
Captain McConnell
Judge D. B. McConnell
Judge McConnell
Drs.Fitch
Aga Coleeman
LOGAL
N.Y
Interborough Rapid Transit
Bulletin
Frank
Hedley
Eve
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